Editing Exercise Level 2
Q1: Find the incorrect words and their corrections and add them to the corresponding
columns.
Passage Incorrect Correct
Commonwealth golds medalist Heena Kumari _______ ________
used to watch her uncle repairs all kinds _______ ________
Of guns in her neighbourhood and development _______ ________
a fancy for it. When she picks up shooting _______ ________
In 2006, her family did not thinks that she could _______ ________
Represent the country or win the medal, but she _______ ________
proven everyone wrong with her skills. _______ ________
Q2: Find the incorrect words in the passage and correct them
Passage Incorrect Correct
It is true that a natural disaster was a natural process _________ _________
and we cannot stop it, but through making certain _________ _________
preparations,
we can reduce the magnitude of the loss to life or _________ _________
property.
First of all, we would reduce global warming which is the _________ _________
root cause from all the problems. We should _________ _________
also have insurance policies such that we have _________ _________
sufficient money to rebuilt our lives after any such _________ _________
disaster.
Q3: Solve the incorrect words in the following passage.
Passage Incorrect Correct
Although Martin Luther is considered to being an icon _________ _________
for racial equal, his work exceeds far beyond that. _________ _________
As a pastor, he worked to human betterment, irrespective _________ _________
of colour or creed. He believed in a word of the lord _________ _________
and implemented his virtues like kindness on his daily _________ _________
activities.
Q4: Find the wrong words in the passage and correct them.
Passage Incorrect Correct
Electricity is express by the amount of charge _________ _________
flowing through the particular area in unit time. Electricity _________ _________
is a necessity to modern civilization. It have invaded our _________ _________
lives or has become vital to many aspects of our society. _________ _________
It is a medium for the transmission to signals in _________ _________
computers,
cell phones etc. In industries, manufacturing rely on _________ _________
electricity
for drive virtually all moving parts. _________ _________
Answers
Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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Q4
Incorrect Correct
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have has
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